Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police blotter reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean[Read More…]
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Rep. Robin Kelly: ‘My [Joint Session] Guests Are Leaders in the Opposition to the Republicans’ War on Women and the President’s War on the First Amendment’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. For President Trump’s first address to a Joint Session of Congress, Congresswoman Robin Kelly will be joined by a member of the media and a leader in the fight to protect women’s access to healthcare. “My guests are leaders in the opposition to the Republicans’ War[Read More…]
VoteVets Calls for Hearings on Yemen Raid
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. On behalf of its 500,000 supporters, including veterans and military families, and Gold Star families, VoteVets.org is supporting the call of Bill Owens, father of fallen SEAL Ryan Owens, to investigate the raid in Yemen, ordered by Donald Trump. In a statement, Jon Soltz, Iraq War[Read More…]
In New Television Ad, Retired Rear Admiral Calls for Independent Trump-Russia Commission…In Front of the White House (Video)
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. With the White House behind him, a Rear Admiral (Ret.) Michael Smith uses a new television ad to tell Donald Trump that he is “putting him on notice,” and calling for the truth to come out on Trump’s ties to Russia. Smith closes the ad[Read More…]
South Suburban College Opens New Reading Center
The Grand Opening of SSC’s New Reading Center was well attended by students, faculty and administrators. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. South Suburban College was the proud host of the grand opening of their new Reading Center. The center, funded in part with federal grant funds, is the result of[Read More…]
In Geneva, UN Urges Upholding Human Rights Amid Rising Populism and Extremism
The Human Rights Council chamber in Geneva. UN Photo/Elma Okic GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–27 February 2017. Disregard for human rights is a disease, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today told the opening session of the UN Human Rights Council, urging Member States to uphold the rights of all people in the face of[Read More…]
Transgender Youth Take First Romantic Steps But Have Less Sexual Experience Than Peers Prior to Transition, Study Shows
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2017. Specialized transgender care clinics are seeing increasing numbers of youth identifying themselves as transgender. While it’s known that these young people have social and psychological vulnerabilities, a study “Sexual and Romantic Experiences of Transgender Youth Before Gender Affirmative Treatment” published in the March 2017[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Recommendations on Caring for Teens After Sexual Assault
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2017. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its recommendations on how pediatricians address, treat and prevent acute sexual assault in adolescents. The AAP clinical report, “Care of the Adolescent After an Acute Sexual Assault,” published in the March 2017 issue of Pediatrics (published[Read More…]
Nation’s Pediatricians Warn of Rising Risks to Youths From Loosening Marijuana Laws
New American Academy of Pediatrics report calls on doctors to help protect patients’ developing brains and bodies from the health harms of marijuana amid increased legalization Elk Grove Village, IL –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. With marijuana now legal for recreation or medical use in a majority of states—and access and[Read More…]
Veterans Resources Fair Scheduled on Prairie State College Campus on Thursday, March 9
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting a Veterans Resources Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, March 9, in the Prairie Center on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Admission to the event is free. Attendees will be able[Read More…]
